Fathead minnows and Gambusia would be your 2 best options for feeder fish, absent using a good feeder.

The Texas Hunter feeders won't get bothered by a coon, can be bolted down or fenced off from cows, and as for fire ants, those are just part of the Texas scenery now.

Edit: By "Hybrid Blues", are you meaning a hybrid Blue Catfish, or Bluegill??? I was offering feeder fish suggestions for bluegill. Golden Shiners would provide good forage also, but many will quickly outgrow a Hybrid Bluegill's gape size, as would Coppernosed Bluegill. If my pond, I'd rather have the CNBG over HBG....

Last edited by Rainman; 08/01/14 06:01 PM.